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V-223083CAT II — Medium severitySV-223083r879587_rule

Scriptlets must be disallowed (Internet zone).

Rule version DTBI395-IE11 · STIG v2 · 2023-12-01

Discussion

This policy setting allows you to manage whether scriptlets can be allowed. Scriptlets hosted on sites located in this zone are more likely to contain malicious code. If you enable this policy setting, users will be able to run scriptlets. If you disable this policy setting, users will not be able to run scriptlets. If you do not configure this policy setting, a scriptlet can be enabled or disabled by the user.

Check

The policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Internet Explorer -> Internet Control Panel -> Security Page -> Internet Zone -> 'Allow Scriptlets' must be 'Enabled', and 'Disable' from the drop-down box. Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\3 Criteria: If the value "1209" is REG_DWORD = 3, this is not a finding.

Fix

Set the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Internet Explorer -> Internet Control Panel -> Security Page -> Internet Zone -> 'Allow Scriptlets' to 'Enabled', and select 'Disable' from the drop-down box.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-223083
Group title
SRG-APP-000141
Rule ID
SV-223083r879587_rule
Check ID
C-24756r428799_chk
Fix ID
F-24744r428800_fix